Phased Fields spawning behavior pattern

[Karana_Mekara]

In the new direct, they mentioned that there was a pattern to spawning of Phased Fields no player had yet found.

After cross-referencing 3 screenshots of Phased Fields and the 3 currently existing ones in game, I have a hypothesis:

Roughly half of all phased fields spawn in systems with Landmarks. These landmarks may be limited to either Abandoned or Derelict locations in particular or Abandoned Shipwrecks in particular.

Please feel free to provide extra data past the 6 data points I currently have, discuss how this might impact the lore, and provide objections.

[Fritte_Cornelius]

Hello, I don’t know if you tested but, you could check one or two with the starting point and endpoint and maybe predict the next system direction based on alignment?

[Karana_Mekara]

I’ve gotten 2 new data points. I suppose I should list what I have:

The systems I found online with phased fields:
Lisbaetanne(Essence)
YPW-M4(Insmother)
B3QP-K(Venal)

The systems I found through the map with Phased Fields, in estimated order of formation:
Babirmoult (Solitude)
Harner(Solitude)
9UY4-H(Providence)
3L3N-X(Tenerifis)
K5-JRD(Syndicate)

The 2 new additions have no landmarks. Systems with landmarks directly are now occur 3/8 of the time.
However, a very similar anomaly has been found.
7 out of 8 surveyed systems are within 1 jump of an anomaly, with the exception of Harner, Solitude.
This suggests that Phased Field spawning may merely be biased to spawning near landmarks, rather than at them.
Note: A little under half of all systems have this trait.
For a final thought: if Phased Fields are rifts that bring objects down from a higher plane, are the anonymous landmarks also rifted into their positions somehow?

Incidentally:
Star types have been surveyed and there is no obvious pattern there.
Moon, belt, and planet counts turn up nothing.
Cornelius’s geographic theory may have some credence. Four of five phased fields, in order of observation, trace out a crude line going roughly from Outer Ring to Tenerifis. The fifth one, in Syndicate, is near the estimated start location of the line, suggesting that while phased field spawing follows a path, the path repeats every time, slightly altered. If this theory is true, the next phased field should occur on the Amarr-Gallente border if in lowsec and in Providence if in null. Specific measurements seem to be impossible because a) the path “jumps” by a different amount each time, b) the path is only a rough pattern than an ironclad route, and c) CCP wouldn’t make a “random” system that isn’t random.

[Karana_Mekara]

Four new systems have been found:
Uemon(The Forge)
Aset(Metropolis)
WVJU-4(Malpais)
5-9UXZ(Esoteria)
1 of these is on a Landmark site, 1 more is 1 away from a Landmark.
Landmark counts stand at:
Same system: 4/12
Adjacent System: 5/12
No Match: 3/12
The path-based spawning theory seems to be horrendously wrong. Further exploration is needed.

[Fritte_Cornelius]

If you missed the others phased field, here up to Saturday morning.

System	Constellation	Region	Status
0VK-43	G3IP-E	Tenerifis	Gone
4GSZ-1	5ZAB-N	Cobalt Edge	Gone
V1V-6F	QO-17V	Stain	Gone
Esubara	Leseasesh	Aridia	Live
K-X5AX	I-3ODK	Feythabolis	Live
Mamet	Jakemhih	Domain	Live

[Fritte_Cornelius]

I wanted to share an observation that has come up repeatedly while talking with miners operating in Phased Fields.

Near the end of a Phased Field’s lifecycle, the main phase line resolves around a distinct geometric symbol, a cross-like form embedded in the line itself. It is present before the field collapses and persists longer than the surrounding bubble. Particles from outside the field appear to be drawn toward it, curving inward and briefly orbiting before dispersing. A faint cloud or envelope seems to form around it as the field stabilizes.

Visually, it looks important, almost like a compass head, but I’ve found no indication that it is interactive.

I attempted to use it as a reference point: aligning it like a sight, scanning along its axes, observing from multiple angles centred on the symbol. I didn’t detect any phenomena, activations, alignments, or changes in behaviour.

If anyone else has observed this symbol or noticed variations between fields, I’d be interested in comparing notes.

[Karana_Mekara]

Hello everyone, sorry for the burnout. I’ve continued listing systems with phased fields
and the landmark theory seems to be just a statistical fluke. I don’t believe there is any traits about the contents of systems with Phased Fields. I thought it was biased to systems with precisely one Storm planet for a while, but I gave up on this too.

As for the alignment points at the site, I haven’t managed to visit one of these fields yet, though my advice would be to see if it points in a way to another system.

I’d say we look at sites relating to recent events. I checked the Incursion formatting by constellation and they have no connection with our Phased Field sites, but that still leaves potential connections with the Deathless, the Drifter Crisis and possibly even the Triglavian Invasion.

Remember, this algorithm should probably do two things

a) allow every system in the game to be selected for a Field
b) not allow us to predict the exact location of the next Field, because miners and gankers would make a killing out of it

[Karana_Mekara]

Hey, what if we try to find the approximate angle relative to the celestial plane of as many photographed phased fields as possible?
If they do end up pointing to something, for example, there won’t be any vertical fields.

[Karana_Mekara]

I visited 2 phased field sites, one in Oberen, a remote Kador lowsec system, and one in Joviannon, a Gallente FW hotspot.

Both Phased Fields, interestingly, had the same alignment. Both were facing almost exactly due west with no vertical shift, and there was a visual affect on both where the line of the phased field grew into a small plane at certain intervals. In both the sites, the planes intersected at a 90 degree angle and from due upwards were roughly 20 degrees and 110 degrees respectively.

Due west of these systems, by the way, are the regions of Placid, Syndicate, Outer Ring, and Solitude.

[Karana_Mekara]

This may not be a good sign for the “phased field site proper goes in direction of something” theory

[Fritte_Cornelius]

After a full month of observation, I compiled my first complete dataset of Phased Field appearances across New Eden.

This report summarizes 100 recorded observations collected between 4th February and 4th March YC128.
While the exact spawn time cannot be determined (observations occur when I log in and when I check the map), the dataset is now large enough to reveal several consistent behaviors.

Dataset Overview:

Total observations recorded: 100,
Unique systems observed: 86,
Recurring systems: 14,
Systems seen 3 times: 3,
Systems seen 2 times: 11,
Systems seen once: 86,
Maximum simultaneous fields observed on the map: 5,

The lifecycle still strongly supports the working model:
40 hour lifecycle,
20 hours hidden,
20 hours visible on the map,

Most Recurring Systems

Three systems have appeared three separate times during the survey:
Esubara — Aridia,
4B-NQN — Providence,
P-33KR — Fade,

The following systems have appeared two times:
Babirmoult — Solitude,
WVJU-4 — Malpais,
Aset — Metropolis,
4GSZ-1 — Cobalt Edge,
RLL-9R — Syndicate,
NCG-PW — Tenal,
Anath — Aridia,
K5-JRD — Syndicate,
Q-HESZ — Delve,
Hier — Aridia,
IO-R2S — Oasa,

Regional Distribution

Several regions show noticeably higher activity.
Aridia - 7 - LS,
Syndicate - 6 - NS,
Providence - 4 - NS,
Oasa - 4 - NS,
Metropolis - 4 - LS,

All other regions appear between 1-3 times in the dataset.

Aridia currently stands out as the most active repeating region.
Three different systems there have appeared multiple times:
Esubara - 3,
Anath - 2,
Hier - 2,

Recurrence Rate

Out of 86 unique systems observed, 14 systems have repeated.
This gives a current recurrence rate of roughly: ~16%

The cluster continues to surprise.

Fields appear across both lowsec and nullsec, with no clear geographical restriction, yet certain systems quietly repeat, as if the cluster remembers them.
The survey will continue.
More data will reveal whether these patterns are coincidence… or design

-Fritte Cornelius

[Karana_Mekara]

Thank you for this data set.
I’ll be thinking about the implications of this, and possibly doing analysis on whether this many repeats are expected, but right now, my first thought is that Aridia and Metropolis having so many phased fields can be explained by the fact that these two regions combined contain around a quarter or so of all lowsec in the game. This also implies that system choice treats each region equally over the long run, though individual lowsec systems could appear more due to there being less of them.